call for system date in c

mr.moto · 09-30-2002, 12:35 AM

In a c program how would you ask linux for the system date ?

thanx

mr.moto · 09-30-2002, 01:00 AM

woops I just saw this post ...will give it a try sorry ..

the simplest I can think of is
#include <stdio.h>
main()
{
system("date");
}
--Sarin

treebeard · 09-30-2002, 03:23 AM

if you want to find the date and use it in your program:
#include <time.h>
int main() {
time_t t;
t = time(NULL);
printf("%d\n", t);
}
here t is the number of seconds since Jan 1, 1970.
also see man time/ man ctime